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John Maynard Keynes was the son of John Neville Keynes (pronounced "Canes"), an economics lecturer at Cambridge University and Florence Ada Brown, a successful author and a social reformist.

Keynes' theories were so influential (even when disputed), that a topic of economics called Keynesian economics discussing his theories and their applications was named after him.

His brother Sir Geoffrey Keynes (1887-1982) was a distinguished surgeon, scholar and bibliophile, and his nephews Richard Keynes (born 1919) physiologist, QuentinKeynes (1921-2003) an adventurer and bibliophile.

John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes, CB (pronounced kānz / kAnze) (June 5, 1883 – April 21, 1946) was a British economist whose ideas, called Keynesian economics, had a major impact on modern economic and political theory as well as on many governments' fiscal policies.

Keynes had a fearsome reputation as a talented debater, with Friedrich von Hayek refusing to discuss economics matters in person with him several times.

Keynes said that the real cause of unemployment was insufficient investment expenditure.

QuentinKeynes liked to describe himself as an explorer, by which he meant that he was driven throughout his life by a determination to visit remote and inaccessible places, in search of all things exotic, rarified and obscure.

Many of QuentinKeynes' books are distinguished for their rarity, condition, and especially association.

In this spectacular catalogue it is encompassed in glossy pictures, and stimulating annotations, which are highly accessible to the reader who enjoys the rarity, obscurity and timelessness of the antiquarian book.

An overview of the contribution to economics of Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes.

John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes, CB (pronounced ''kānz / kAnze'') (June 5, 1883 – April 21, 1946) was a British economist whose ideas had a major impact on modern economic and political theory as well as on many governments' fiscal policies.

A careful selection of a few investments having regard to their cheapness in relation to their probable actual and potential intrinsic value over a period of years ahead and in relation to alternative investments at the time; *2.

Among the works being sold is one by Nicholas Hilliard (1547-1619), whose Portrait of Henry Wriothesley, third earl of Southampton is estimated between 70,000 [pounds sterling] and 90,000 [pounds sterling].

More spectacular within its field is the library of QuentinKeynes, the grandson of Charles Darwin, on sale at Christie's, London on 7-8 April.

The collection is expected to fetch 2.5 million [pounds sterling], and includes a complete collection of the books of Richard Burton.

Describing the same purchases to his family, however, he was careful to emphasize his frugality: "I have procured a case of good strong pistols and an excellent rifle for 50 pounds, there is a saving; a good telescope, with compass, 5 pounds, and these are nearly the only expensive instruments I shall want."

In The Independent Louise Jury reports that the Opening salvo in Joyce's nine-year fight to get 'Dubliners' published goes under the hammer -- and that the entire collection is expected to fetch up to £ 3,000,000.

It's at Christie's: see their page on the QuentinKeynes Collection, or the entire catalogue -- impressive stuff.

The Charles Darwin Trust is generously supplying most of the original volumes to be digitised from the QuentinKeynes' bequest and Jack Johns Collection.

Canonical secondary sources will also be included such as Richard Darwin Keynes' edition of Darwin's Zoological Notes from the Beagle voyage, Nora Barlow's edition of Darwin's Autobiography (1958) and Francis Darwin's Life and letters (1887).

In addition, Darwin's works will be enriched with links to contemporary reviews and related texts cited by Darwin.

Amazon.ca: In Search of Richard Burton: Books: Jutzi(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)

In this volume, eight leading scholars and book collectors present a remarkable composite picture of Burton's legacy: his adventures as an explorer of unknown lands and little-known cultures; his achievements as a geographer and translator; the mysteries of his relations with other explorers and of his personal life.

The illustrations represent rare items in Burton's own library and the collections of Edwards H. Metcalf and QuentinKeynes.

The film examines Wittgenstein's childhood in an upper-class family in which three sons committed suicide.

As Wittgenstein becomes an adult, he forms relationships with mentor Bertrand Russell (Michael Gough) and economist John Maynard Keynes (John Quentin), attempts to join the military to fight in WW I, struggles with evolving personal philosophies and denies his homosexuality.